[governance] What is Network Neutrality - was; a very
JFC Morfin
jefsey at jefsey.com
Tue Jan 6 14:46:41 EST 2009
Dear Parminder,
I am afraid the NNs you describe cannot exist because they are not
technically stable. Neutrality means that the system is not to be
part of any conflict, and equally support competitors. If someone
pays more, neutrality is to give him more. To say that everyone must
pay the same and get the same is business egalitarism. To make sure
everyone get the same lowest grade service, in the hope this will
help that minimum to grow, is collectivism. Taking care of people is
to give each and everyone what they need for the price they can pay.
This calls for efficiency first, i.e. for the traffic cost to be at
the lowest for the highest quality.
The international network was built to be efficient. Neutrality
(which actually implies: "keep accounting simple") is an efficiency
tool. Egalitarism is not. But may you are right, the legacy Internet
was built to be egalitarian. Some people being just more equal than
others. Let be careful, enforcing whatever NN on top of it will
constraining. Constraints in a dynamic system lead to mid-term instability.
jfc
At 13:52 06/01/2009, Parminder wrote:
>I agree that it is a crucial and a difficult time for global public
>interest advocates interested in 'saving the Internet' in its
>original open, public and egalitarian conception.
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